1 On our way to the Big Island with mom! We're loading up the car for the trip to the airport.
2 Sam helps mommy put the car seat in Gramma's car.
3 I want chocolate muffin! (Special airport treat!)
4 Yum!
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7 Filing Gramma's nails while waiting to board.
8 A fire in the morning after a very chilly night at 4000ft elev on the Kilauea crater summit! Such fun to be cold again!
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10 On our way to a hike - he looks like he's ready for school!
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12 Sam loves running up and down any hill.
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14 Ooops! Did we leave the car door open while getting coffee???
15 The lava tubes were really neat.
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17 He was very contemplative this morning. A beautiful spot for it! The rainforest here reminded me very much of Grand Forest on Bainbridge Island in WA.
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19 Hello, room service? Yes, some hot chocolate for me and Bear, please.
20 Great, thanks. Bye bye! (He was actually talking in his own language on the phone and said "bye bye" before hanging up. I had unplugged the phone so he could have at it :) )
21 Driving down Chain of Craters Rd to the lava fields.
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24 A box of raisins helps with the pressure change going down 4000'.
25 Old and new, juxtaposed.
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38 Telling Bear all about it and pointing to the lava.
39 He had such an appetite for dinner tonight, including THREE large cookies! Altitude and exercise. I finally cut him off from the cookies - he would have exploded.
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41 On a hike through the forest on the crater rim. Lots of steam vents and beautiful plants.
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45 Lunch by the playground just outside our cottage. What a great place to stay! (The Kilauea Military Camp, that is.)
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49 Lots of room to run and play. It was so nice to feel a sense of space after living on crowded O'ahu.
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52 Some fun for little boys in a big boy game room :)
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54 We learned about bowling, too. Sam picked up this huge ball and carried it!
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56 Dinner in the Lava Lounge.
57 Our 2 bedroom, 2 bath cottage with kitchen and living room was immense! Nice fireplace, too!
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63 We're on our way to the airport. These steam vents are so interesting, and very warm!
64 Grabbing a quick hike in the forest. Such a great trail!
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75 Not a sign you see every day...
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79 Showing Bear the baby fern!
80 The crater is 11 miles in circumference.
81 Lounging at our turnaround point on the trail (Sam does not like turning around at all, so we have to find creative ways to make a u-turn sometimes - he'd much prefer to hike straight through!).
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87 "Spa time" with Gramma :)
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95 Sammy's bathroom, with jacuzzi tub :)
96 Sammy found his own Baby Ewn! (It was already broken, don't worry - we didn't pick a live one!)
